Tiger's Home! 'The butter incident!'

[jennielynn1970]

Oh this is so good to hear!!! Big gentle hugs to dear Tiger when he gets home!!

[Catty1]

Awwww....Tiger! A kitty this happy and loved and determined is GOING to get well! Especially if he is on pain meds, he will be breathing easier and feeling better.

HUGS to that baby! Can hardly wait til he comes home!

[Emeraldgreen]

Thanks guys.
We picked him up at 4:30 and he's home with us now. He's so hungry but every time I put a plate of food down for him, he sniffs and sniffs and then looks at me. I tried 4 different foods and each time I entered the room he was all over me waiting for me to lower the plate but then he sniffed like crazy and then sniffed everybody else's food and then just stared at me. I think he can't smell it. In the end, he ate a handful of crunchy tempation treats!
He's wobbly but I'm so amazed by him. He gets these hiccup things happening which the vet warned me about but as soon as it passes, he just keeps truckin'. He's my superhero.

Here are two pics that I took about 15 minutes ago and one pic that the vet sent home with Tiger. I was so shocked when I opened the envelope and found it. But, it was very interesting to me as well. It is a graphic pic of his surgery and the opening they made in his palate so don't scroll down if you don't like to see that kind of stuff.
p.s. I ordered the Transfer Factor Plus Advanced today and it should be here next week so I can get started on building Tiger's defenses and ridding him of any remaining cancer.
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[Catty1]

WOW. The surgery pic didn't gross me out, but I am really impressed with vets who do the surgery...there are a lot of really fine bones in there, which is why they often can't get every last bit...they would hurt the bone.

He is looking very sweet...might take a day or so for the sense of smell to come back. Stinky Sardine Time?

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so glad to hear that Tiger is now home and doing well. He'll probably start eating more in a few days. I'll continue to keep him in my thoughts and prayers.

[Medusa]

I say a prayer every day for vets like yours and mine and the people who work w/them. What an incredible job they do and we rely on them so much to help and save our furkids. I'm so impressed w/how things rolled w/Tiger and I sure hope he has some peace for a while. (and you, too)

[jennielynn1970]

I'm so glad he's home and feeling better. Hope the smell comes back soon.

Sorry if I'm asking a silly question, but is that the area below his tongue?

I was thinking back to a cat that I had fostered to two little old ladies, and their one cat, Alexander, had a mass at the back of his tongue and could hardly swallow. They swore the vet said nothing could be done, and it was so sad. I had to give him canned food, made almost soupy, and he drooled all down the front of him. It's unfortunate, but he and the 11 other cats and their owners died in a fire about 4 months after they finally found a place. I hope they are all well at the Bridge.

[Emeraldgreen]

I'm so glad he's home and feeling better. Hope the smell comes back soon.

Sorry if I'm asking a silly question, but is that the area below his tongue?

As far as I know, the soft palate is just beyond the roof of the mouth (the hard palate) and it is above the tonsil area. Sorry, I have the picture upside down so it totally looks like it is below his tongue. The vet wrote on the pic and I didn't want the writing to be upside down.

Mild scare today. He wouldn't eat this morning so he didn't get his prednisone, just the pain reliever liquid. By the time I got home from work he was doing terribly. Gurgling, gasping, hiccuping and barely moving with eyes half open. I called my local vet and rushed him over there. She gave him a prednisone injection that will be good for 24-36 hours and we administered another pain reliever dose while we were there. He actually started perking up on the ride home and felt good enough to have a few tiny bites of some wet food. By tomorrow, I should be able to get him to eat the wet food with the prednisone in it. I was just glad to get a few doses of prednisone in him by the vet to help get him over this next day or two and then I just know he will be on the road to better health.